The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-11-18
COUNTY NEWS.
Friday, Oct. 10. 1887.
MINOR LOCALS

ed into his new house last week.
Next Thursday Is Thanksgiving, the
national turket feast.
More Rag Carpet at E. r. Bufdag
toms.
The county commissioners have been
in session this week closing up the bus
mess of the office.
Mr.. Joseph England, near Zion, is
having wind mill for pumping wa.
ter placed on his farm.
John Y. Carter of Cecil Paper. Mill
has exchanged his place for a clerk.
ship in the railroad shops at Oxford.
Kimbefrs is the best place in town
for oysters .....
William A. Brickley, of Principle
Robert II Gully, of Conowingo, and
Theodore j. Venneman of Port De-
posit have been granite pensions.
Mrs. Mary j. Ireland, the we'll.
known authoress, sister of Reuben
Haines, Esq. has been elected one
of the vice-presldents of the Ameri-
can Woman's Suffrage Association.
The REVIVAL at the NJ. E. Church
of this town continues but with abat'
ed excitement. Eighteen additional
probation members were added on
last Sunday.
just received, nice line of Cook
Stoves and Heaters at Haines Il
Kinks. n18 At
-, Prof. Graham of the Wilmington
High School has been dismissed by
tile trustees of the school together
with the two female assistants who
preferred charges against him.
Revival services are in progress at
st. Johns NJ. E. Church, Zion Circuit,
Rev. j. T. VanBurkalow, pastor in
charge, preaching nightly.
/; Four of the Anarchists were hung in
Chicago last Friday, one blew off his
head with dynamite bomb, the day
before and two were sent to the peni.
tertiary for life.
Hambleton's "raw box" is favor.
tie resort for lovers of the bivalve.
,sLouie, the Italian who was indct,
ed at the March term of court for
violating the prohibitory law, was
recently apprehended by Constable
George Mckinney and lodged in
Jail.
The annual meeting of the Asso-
citation of Public School Commission
ers of the State of Maryland will be
held in Baltimore on Tuesday, No
vember goth, at II O'Clock.
Another invoice of Flaunels have just
come to hand at E. r. Bufington's.
The enterprising ladies of North
East will open cafe in the temper
ance reading room next Tuesday even
ing where they will entertain their
friends for slight consideration.
The choir of Rising Sun NJ. E.
Church furnished music on Sunday
afternoon at Mount Hope where
Theodore K. Stubbs delivered tie m
perance discourse on that occasion,
as previously announced.
Fresh oysters every day at Kimbelrs.
The public schools of the county
closed their summer term on Tuesday
last and opened the fall and winter
term on Wednesday. The Rising Sun
Public School commenced the fall and
winter term with 81 pupils.
A fine musical and literary enter
tainment will be held at the residence
p of Mr.. William L. Mearns, Zion, on
Thanksgiving evening. the Oath inst.
Admission Csc. Proceeds for the
benefit of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union.
Hambleton's large fry oysters are
the luxury of the season.
A series of meetings is being held
at The West Nottingham Presbyterian
church this, week Rev. S. A Gayley,
d. ID. in charge. Preaching morn
ings and evenings. If encouraged
by good attendance and an interest
in the meetings they will continue
next week.
A number of the members of the
w. C. T. U. of Woodlawn have
formed Dorcas society. for the pur-
pose of furnishing clothing to child
rem whose parents find it difficult to
provide suitable garments for them
to attend church and schoo inl.
Still another lot of Dress Goods at
r. R. Buf6ngton's.
The pugilist Sullivan has taken
the British by storm, as it were, and
is pronounced the greatest man that
ever landed on the shores of Albion
from Julias Caesar down. The En-.
glish workman considers boxing the
perfection of the fine arts.